Honestly, when I heard tickets were being returned, I thought 1,000 or something meaningful. When it turned into 56, I thought maybe they should have just bought them, taken them to an alumni tailgate, distribute and not make a big deal out of it.
So the guy I was sitting next to at the game ( who was a great guy and PSU Alum ) joked during a low point of game and pointed to a tiny section of empty seats and said those must have been the ones returned to Pitt. I then said it was really weird to hear that. He said the tickets were likely $52 per ticket X 56 tickets for a total of $2,912. He then went on about how Penn State was cutting way back on everything because of the lawsuits, scoreboard, coaches salary. " we are Penn State and we are concerned about $2,912 ? ". His concern was that in years past, they have such a surplus they can pretty much do anything they want financially compared to the vast majority of programs. He was going on about a lot of upgrades they are doing have bells and whistles but not really bricks and mortar. They are in a really tricky place with Franklin because if he doesn't work out, they don't have a loaded elephant gun to land the best coach out there. It's going to be a lower coach wanting a big shot.
Maybe there is some concern out there if you are returning $2,912 worth of tickets.
So the guy I was sitting next to at the game ( who was a great guy and PSU Alum ) joked during a low point of game and pointed to a tiny section of empty seats and said those must have been the ones returned to Pitt. I then said it was really weird to hear that. He said the tickets were likely $52 per ticket X 56 tickets for a total of $2,912. He then went on about how Penn State was cutting way back on everything because of the lawsuits, scoreboard, coaches salary. " we are Penn State and we are concerned about $2,912 ? ". His concern was that in years past, they have such a surplus they can pretty much do anything they want financially compared to the vast majority of programs. He was going on about a lot of upgrades they are doing have bells and whistles but not really bricks and mortar. They are in a really tricky place with Franklin because if he doesn't work out, they don't have a loaded elephant gun to land the best coach out there. It's going to be a lower coach wanting a big shot.
Maybe there is some concern out there if you are returning $2,912 worth of tickets.
